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Summary
Three young people decide to commit suicide and go to a beach house to die, not realizing that a ghost haunts the place…
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 53
IMDb6.0
Audience score40%
Running time
2 h 6 min
Longer than most dramas, +17 min on the typical 109
typical 109126Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 120 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
+110Released
2015
January 15, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
DramaHorrorThrillerLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Sam Anton Director, Writer
Writing · 3
- Maruthi Dasari Screenplay
- Arunraja Kamaraj Lyricist
- Na. Muthukumar Lyricist
Production · 3
- Allu Aravind Producer
- K. E. Gnanavelraja Producer
- Amudhan Priyan Publicist
Camera · 2
- Krishnan Vasanth Director of Photography
- V Anand Kumar Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Antony L. Ruben Editor
Sound · 3
- G. V. Prakash Kumar Original Music Composer
- Arunprasad M Sound Effects Editor
- M. R. Rajakrishnan Sound Mixer
Art · 1
- T. Balasubramanian Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Joy Crizildaa Costume Design
Other crew · 5
- Arivumani Stunt Coordinator
- Sathish Krishnan Choreographer
- Anbumani Stunts Coordinator
- Johnson Public Relations
- Kadhal Kandhas Choreographer
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